Organizational structure

SWERVE operations are overseen by an independent Steering Committee, which is responsible for strategic oversight, review and prioritisation of ship-time funding allocation, and allocation of project resources.

Per Nieuwjaar 
Chair
Role: Director, RV Institute (retired)
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Research (IMR) 
Email: per.nieuwejaar@gmail.com

Anna Willstrand Wranne 
Vice Chair
Roll: Research project manager
Affiliation: Voice of the Ocean (VOTO)
Email: anna.wranne@voiceoftheocean.org

Lena Bergström
Member
Roll: Associate professor 
Affiliation: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Email: lena.bergstrom@slu.se

Sarah Josefsson
Member
Roll: Marin Chemist, project manager
Affiliation: Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) 
Email: sarah.josefsson@sgu.se

Ian Snowball
Member
Roll: Head of department, professor 
Affiliation: Uppsala University (UU)
Email: ian.snowball@geo.uu.se

Lars Arneborg 
Member
Roll: Head of department, researcher 
Affiliation: Swedish Meterorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) 
Email: lars.arneborg@smhi.se 

Jarone Pinhassi 
Member
Role: Professor 
Affiliation: Linnaeus university
Email: jarone.pinhassi.lnu.se 
 
 

The Swedish Ship Operators Network (SON) will play an advisory role, providing logistics and infrastructure information to the SC, supporting the secretariat in communication efforts, and maintaining a close relationship with the Director to ensure module implementation is well integrated with existing vessel operations and requirements. The SON will also be involved in the process of prioritising ship time, by running logistical feasibility checks (details provided in Module 3). Click here to read the Logistics Terms of reference. 
 

Lasse Thorell (Chair) 
Role: Manager
Affiliation: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Svea
Email: Lasse.Thorell@slu.se

Björn Lindell (Member) 
Role: Ship Manager
Affiliation: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Svea
Email: bjorn.lindell@slu.se

Mattias Sköld (Member) 
Role: Researcher
Affiliation: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Svea
Email: mattias.skold@slu.se

Björn Bergman (Member) 
Role: Professor, Director
Affiliation: Umeå University (UMU)
KBV181
Email: nick.kamenos@umu.se

Christoph Humborg (Member) 
Roll: Professor 
Affiliation: Stockholm University (SU), Electra 
Mail: christoph.humborg@su.se 

Thomas Strömnäs (Member) 
Roll: Commander
Affiliation: Stockholm University (SU), Electra 
Mejl: thomas.stromsnas@su.se 

Anna Palmbo Bergman (Member) 
Role: Chemist and Physical Geographer
Affiliation: Umeå Marine Sciences Centre (UMF), KBV181
Email: anna.palmbo.bergman@umu.se

Åsa Lindgren (Member) 
Role: Head of Department
Affiliation:  Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
c/o Luleå tekniska universitet (LTU), Oden
Email: asa.lindgren@polar.se

Louise Newman (Member)
Role: Director
Affiliation: University of Gothenburg (GU), Skagerak
Email: louise.newman@gu.se

Daniel Bergman-Sjöstrand (Member)
Role: Oceanographic engineer
Affiliation: SMHI
Email: daniel.bergman-sjostrand@smhi.se 
 

Prioritisation of access to research vessel funding is managed through a process of scientific review of ship-time proposals. This review is carried out by an international Review Panel. Click here to read the Scientific Review Panel Terms of Reference. 

Caroline Slomp (Chair)
Expertise: Geochemistry
Affiliation: Utrecht University

Elin Darelius (Vice chair)
Expertise: Physical oceanography
Affilitation: University Bergen

Lasse Riemann (Member) 
Expertise: Microbiology and Biogeochemistry
Affiliation: University Copenhagen

Tina Kutti (Member)
Expertise: Biology
Affiliation: IMR

Henry Vallius
Expertise: Sediment, geology
Affiliation: Geological survey Finland